Blog
Posts from the Friends of Charles Darwin blog.
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As Darwin so famously said…
In which I write a letter to an Observer journalist, asking for the original source of a Darwin quote.
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Are you calling Neanderthal Man an idiot?
Thomas Henry Huxley on Neanderthal Man.
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Taking stock in rolling stock
How Charles Darwin invested in the railways.
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Nidification
Darwin quizzes his cousin on nests.
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Syms’ place
The post office built by Syms Covington in the gold-rush town of Pambula, New South Wales is still standing.
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Coming soon to Down House
In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth and 150th anniversary of the publication of ‘On the Origin of Species’, English Heritage is unveiling a major new investment programme at Down House.
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Darwin’s Sacred Cause
Review of the forthcoming book ‘Darwin’s Sacred Cause: Race, Slavery and the Quest for Human Origins’ by Adrian Desmond and James Moore.
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Darwin puts his foot down
Not impressed with Emma’s choice of wallpaper.
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Contemplating a tangled bank
Darwin’s tangled bank was most surely in Blighty!
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Pretty in pink
Pink iguana rewrites family tree.
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The end of a great legacy?
Wedgwood goes into administration.
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Shock treatment
Charles Darwin tries galvanisation.